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Recent content by wallew

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    11x20 tires on Deuce?

    posted this April 2018 about the route I went - I went with steel wheels made for my duece. Not cheap, but got EXACTLY what I wanted. Been a while - got a new truck - finally she got new shoes I had slowly walked away from the MV hobby a year or so ago. Then a buddy sucked me back in by...
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    Deep in the Heart of Texas, a Chinese Wind Farm Raises Eyebrows

    The Chinese have recently purchased over 180,000 acres of Texas ranch land near the runway of the US’s largest pilot training base for the Air Force (that would be Del Rio). Standing at the their front gate on a recent reconnaissance trip, I couldn’t believe we allowed these purchases under...
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    DIY custom wheels??

    posted this April 2018 about the route I went - I went with steel wheels made for my duece. Not cheap, but got EXACTLY what I wanted. https://steelsoldiers.com/threads/been-a-while-got-a-new-truck-finally-she-got-new-shoes.177696/#post-2121186 The company that made them is wheels now inc and...
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    Katrina Deuce Story - MUST READ

    I read Sarge's story back in 2005 and it motivated me to purchase a Deuce. Which I kept for a couple of years. Then sold it and went with CUCV's. 14 years and several CUCV's later... I find myself with a deuce, again. Sarge is the best. I exchanged a couple of emails back in 05/06, thanking...
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    Who is selling adapter plates now?

    I do NOT know the overall cost of the surplus MRAP wheels/tires that you folks are using. I went a different (read WAY too expensive) direction. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?177696-Been-a-while-got-a-new-truck-finally-she-got-new-shoes&highlight= But I did this with my last...
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    Questions on putting 10lug 22.5 or 24.5 alcoas

    Just put new wheels and tires on mine 11R22.5 Michelin XDY2's wheels came from Wheels Now - not cheap at $250 a pop but that is brand new and includes black powder coating (my choice of color). http://www.wheelsnowinc.com/catalog/viewItem.php?id=219 You said that it would work with...
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    Valence's 1972 M35A2

    Valence, Just finished with the thread. THANK YOU. I've bookmarked it and I might even print it out. LOADS of good info here. I just bought another deuce after thinking I was 'getting out' of MV's - not so much now. I use Gulf State insurer's who use Travelers as their carrier. I've...
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    Been a while - got a new truck - finally she got new shoes

    texas30cal, Yeah I will be using FATMAT Rattletrap - costs less than $2 a sq ft and is 80 mil thick - I've used FATMAT products in other vehicles and have been very pleased and this was before they came out with Rattletrap thickness. Previously their regular FATMAT was only 40 mil thick so I...
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    Been a while - got a new truck - finally she got new shoes

    I had slowly walked away from the MV hobby a year or so ago. Then a buddy sucked me back in by selling me his 1970 Kaiser Jeep Deuce. It has taken a while to find, purchase and then have mounted to my Deuce my new wheels and tires. The tires were Michelin 11R22.5 XDY2's and the wheels came...
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    Supplies for a Long Trip

    The GOPRO camera is a great idea. It will record everything which could come in handy in case you are involved in a 'road incident' and I'm not saying you will but it's always better to be safe than sorry. Plus you can make a copy from it's SD memory card every night onto your laptop, giving...
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    Supplies for a Long Trip

    Your computer or tablet. When you stop at the hotel each night, you can regale us all with how it's going and all the cute things your wife will say along the way. Edit judiciously. But IF you have a problem, yelling HELP to someone here will probably get someone to show up, at least to...
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    cost of ownership (the real cost of a deuce)

    Wolfgang the Gray, RUN BROTHER, RUN. When we moved here to Texas, I told the wife I would NOT buy any more trucks. And I didn't. After a year here, I ended up being very ... um .... frustrated over a ... um... situation that soured me on the green iron. So I sold my two CUCV's. I still have...
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    Has anyone ever just put a camper shell on a deuce instead of modifying a M109?

    A buddy of mine owns an M35A2 and he has a 'poptop' camper in the bed of his deuce. When the camper poptop is down, you can't TELL it is inside the truck bed with the cover on. He modded the rails that hold the bed cover in place. He measured up how high the trailer 'pops up' and then moved...
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    Seriously looking at lmtv need input please

    tburk49760 Try these guys - http://www.fatmat.com/ I did a deuce and now my Dodge Magnum Police interceptor. Works great and is MUCH cheaper than Dynamat...
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